Erica Gerrity, Director and Founder of the Minnesota Prison Doula Project and Raelene Baker, a Certified Birth Doula and their Project Coordinator join Lorry to talk about the Minnesota Prison Doula Project, a prison‐based pregnancy, birth, and parenting program. They currently have 8 doulas in 3 ... Read More about Helping Pregnant Inmates: The Minnesota Prison Doula Project (Podcast Episode 102)
The Correctional Nurse
June 2015 Correctional Health Care News Round Up (Podcast Episode 101)
Lorry is joined by Mari Knight and Catherine Knox to discuss the latest correctional health care news items. New study examines health factors influence on ex-prisoners’ chances of returning to jail The first news item is a study out of Australia that links health factors to recidivism. In this ... Read More about June 2015 Correctional Health Care News Round Up (Podcast Episode 101)
Compassion Fatigue (Podcast Episode 100)
Sonya Khilnani, PhD, CCHP, a licensed clinical psychologist and behavioral health manager for Corizon in Brentwood, TN, joins Lorry to talk about compassion fatigue in correctional health care practice. This was the topic of an article she wrote for the Spring 2015 CorrectCare magazine. Telltale ... Read More about Compassion Fatigue (Podcast Episode 100)
May 2015 Correctional Health Care News Round Up (Podcast Episode 99)
CJ Young, Sue Smith, and Gayle Burrow join Lorry to talk about the latest correctional health care news. Mentally ill inmate died of water intoxication in Michigan prison, lawsuit says In the first story, a mentally ill inmate in a Michigan prison died of water intoxication caused by psychogenic ... Read More about May 2015 Correctional Health Care News Round Up (Podcast Episode 99)
The Acid Bath of Cynicism (Podcast Episode 98)
Guest Robert Greifinger, MD, a correctional health care consultant and co-editor of the International Journal of Prison Health talks about the dangers of cynicism in correctional health care practice. Dr. Greifinger is editor of the book Public Health Behind Bars: From Prisons to Communities, ... Read More about The Acid Bath of Cynicism (Podcast Episode 98)